In the wake of the verdict in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Florida, New York lawmakers and activists renewed their pledge to override an expectedveto by Mayor Mike Bloomberg of the Community Safety Act’s End Discriminatory Profiling Act. The bill, Intro.1080, protects New Yorkers against discriminatory profiling by the NYPD.

Public Advocate and Mayoral Hopeful Bill de Blasio at City Hall with Lawmakers Speaking Out for the Profiling Bill and Against Mayor Mike Bloomberg's bullying tactics. July 16, 2014